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Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 07, 2009 11:29 am) Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking too. You hear it all the time from both sides, sellers and buyers. Sellers claiming they had crazy on the spot offers on their supposedly rare collector cars, yet when it came time to sell, there was nobody around wanting it. Same thing with buyers, claiming to call them when you want to sell your "special" car, as they'll be the first to buy it, only to have them make up some lame excuse when it's time to put their money where their mouth is 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 07, 2009 12:20 pm) That would be "Beer Talk Empty Wallet" 
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Replying to: boomchek (Jul 07, 2009 12:20 pm) I've had a few situations with my '68 Dart. Actually, from the day I bought it! The guy I bought it from said that if I ever wanted to sell it, to give him first dibs at it. Well, that was 17 years ago...I wonder if he'd still be interested!  After it quit running, occasionally somebody would stop by and ask about it...but for some reason, when it still ran, nobody seemed to care! 100 feet back from the road, it doesn't look that bad. I was always brutally honest with them, and warned them that it's not going to look nearly as good once you get closer! Well, one guy stopped by awhile back, wanting it for parts. I just said "make me an offer" but he hemmed and hawed, and never did. We did exchanged phone #'s though. Well, last year another guy stopped by, wasn't scared off by it, and wanted it. I didn't bargain too hard. He offered $300, and we settled on $400. Well, my plan for that summer was going to be putting it on Craigslist, asking $995 or something like that, be happy if I got $500, and if it wasn't gone by the end of summer, just call the junkyard to come get it...or see if my mechanic wanted it. So I figured $400 was close enough! Well, once it was sold, the guy who wanted it for parts stopped off, and I told him that, unfortunately, it was sold. I did pass his # off to the guy who bought it though, just in case he ultimately decided it was too much work, so he'd have a potential buyer. Well, not too long ago, someone else stopped by, asking about it! While that guy did pay for the Dart in full, he hasn't picked it up yet. Well, this new guy, even when I told him it was sold, wouldn't take no for an answer. Asked me how much I got for it. I shouldn't have told him, because then he started going on about how I got taken, and how I didn't know what I had, and how he'd give me $1000 for it! Umm yeah, right...probably just talking so bold because it was already sold! Anyway, he kept going off on how condition didn't matter, because the car was a V-8. He actually said "you don't understand, most of these just had a V-6, but you got a V-8. You got a Hemi!!" At that point I lost it and couldn't contain my laughter. I told him that first off, they came with a slant six, not a V-6, and second, that wasn't a Hemi, it was a Wedge-Head LA V-8. Roughly 28% of all Darts in the 270 series were V-8 equipped. So yeah, it's in the minority, but not exactly scarce. The real kicker came when he told me that if it was restored, it would bring $100K or more at the auction block. Yeah, right...maybe if it was all fixed up, in really good shape, and had a VERY big bag of money in the trunk!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jul 08, 2009 4:41 am)
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Replying to: gsemike (Jul 08, 2009 7:12 am) Sorta like the Beverly Hillbillies truck parked outside their mansion, but on a slightly less grand scale. |
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Replying to: gsemike (Jul 07, 2009 10:34 am) Many of those BMWs of that era had METRIC radials, and if they're worn you're either out lots of $$$ to replace them or you have to buy new wheels and "normal" tires. Exactly, just go buy yourself a 635 CSi that's nice and you're way ahead. You don't want a 633 anyway, harder to find parts. These cars have been waiting 25 years to become "collectible". Owners may have to face the facts that it's not going to happen. A 96 wagon being collectible? Well perhaps as a curiosity, but I can't see any "big money" down the road. The far sportier and more handsome 93-95 Impala SS is already falling flat, after struggling past $10K. The '96 Impala SS is still fairly strong at around $15K. These are prices for *very* nice low mileage cars BTW, with right colors and options. They'd (the wagons) make a great race car hauler, though.
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As the previous owner of a Fiero, I always laugh when I see one advertised for sale with power steering listed as one of the options. The Fiero never came with power steering, and with the common WS6 option, or a GT, was a real handful to park in tight quarters.
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Replying to: jlflemmons (Jul 08, 2009 8:50 am)
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....do people come up with their eBay Buy It Now prices? The seller would be fortunate to get 25% of his for this heap: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1975-Oldsmobilie-88-Royal-4-door_W0QQitemZ3003265- 83933QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item45ecdbfe7d&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245- &_trkparms=65%3A-1%7C39%3A1 or, for $300 more, you can have a much nicer (albeit newer), RUNNING Olds tank: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-98-Rare-Coupe-42k-mi- -1-own_W0QQitemZ280367043767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item41472d94b- 7&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A317
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Replying to: ghulet (Jul 08, 2009 1:36 pm) http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/1260258173.html |
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